lath-cutter

(lath’kut“ér), x. A power-machine for cutting laths from a plank or bolt. lathe! (lavH),”. [ lathe or (a diff. word) Dan. lagd, a levying district, legd, a situation, site, prob. from the root of liel.] In England, a part or large division of a county, comprising several hundreds: a term now confined to the county of Kent, in which eiere are five of these lathes or divisions. See rape.